You may be almost done with high school and are getting ready to apply to your dream college. Or maybe you are already enrolled in your undergraduate studies and are in the process of applying to ...

Law school candidates may write about an event that helped to teach humility, independence or self-confidence. The best approach to writing the personal statement is to choose an interesting story to ...

Tens of thousands of undergraduates pursue law school annually, and the competition for admission is fierce. When it comes to admissions, your law school personal statement is not as impactful as your ...

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The most challenging part of the law school application may well be the personal statement. You'll find loads of advice for writing personal statements on the Internet, in books, from paid consultants ...

Your personal statement is an opportunity for an admissions or review committee to get to know you, the “you” that cannot be captured in a CV or resume. For that reason, it is important to be ...

Graduate and professional schools often require some sort of written statement — often called a “statement of purpose,” “personal statement,” or “letter of intent”– as a part of the application. Some ...

As admissions wraps up this year, I have begun to reflect on the process of applying to Ph.D. programs. It is a big step and a daunting process that should not be taken lightly. You should approach it ...

You likely have a company mission statement, a short declaration of your organization’s purpose. Tesla’s mission statement, for example, is “To accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

If you conducted a vanity search (a web search of your own name), would you like what you see? In a German court earlier this week, Google was ordered to alter the auto complete feature and remove ...